BASIC Geography
ver. 1.30
Business 187 assumes students have learned some basic geography in middle
school and high school, and from reading periodicals, exploring the Web, and talking to
friends. This sheet lists nations, cities, etc., whose locations I will assume you know.
If you don’t know where they are, you can the countries in a printed atlas or the web site
http://www.sitesatlas.com/. (Clicking on the continent or region that contains a city or
nation listed below on the main sitesatlas world map will usually bring up a map on
which you can find what you’re looking for.) Using one of the excellent atlases in the
Martin Luther King library is even better. If you have trouble finding anything, please
see the instructor.
Nation
On the continent of North America
Canada
Mexico
On the continent of South America
Brazil
Argentina
City
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Note: “Latin America” includes all nations of North and South America that
speak Spanish or Portuguese (two languages closely related to Latin, the language
of ancient Rome). Thus Latin America includes Mexico and almost all countries
to the south of it, plus some nations (Cuba) to the east of it in the Caribbean Sea.
On the continent of Europe
England
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Sweden
Russia (in both Europe and Asia)
London
Paris
Madrid
Rome
Milan
Berlin
Frankfurt
Moscow
On the continent of Asia
Turkey (in both Europe and Asia)
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Mecca
Baghdad
Note: Turkey, Israel, Iraq, and Iran in Asia together with Egypt in Africa and
nearby countries are in a region often called the Middle East (it’s to the east of
the U.S. and most of Europe, but not as far east as India, China, or Japan.)
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
China
Taiwan*
Thailand
Vietnam
Korea, North (a communist country)
Korea, South (a capitalist country)
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
On the continent of Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Australia (a nation that is also a continent)
New Delhi
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Seoul
Tokyo
Jakarta
Manila
Cairo
Sydney
Melbourne
New Zealand (located southeast of Australia in
the Pacific Ocean)
*
Taiwan is considered a province of China, but it has a separate, democratic capitalist, government